Tourism NZ aims at agents to boost tourism from the Philippines

Tourism New Zealand announced (18-Apr-2017) plans to target travel agents in the Philippines to boost tourism to New Zealand. Tourism New Zealand regional manager, South and South East Asia Steven Dixon stated: “We have delivered training to over 350 travel agents in the Philippines over the past year, it’s an important way of bringing the local industry up to speed on how to sell New Zealand holidays”. 21,152 people from the Philippines visited New Zealand in the year ending Feb-2017, a 44.8% increase on the previous year.